No sharpened pencils are required for Ballet Nouveau Colorado's 'Dance from the Heart' next month.

Who said there was no such thing as a free lunch?

Broomfield’s Ballet Nouveau Colorado, one of the region’s biggest and best ballet companies, will spring for lunch at its seventh annual “Dance from the Heart” event on April 9 at Denver’s McElwain Elementary School. A panel of guest speakers, including teachers, students and BNC staff, will talk about BNC’s outreach programs, followed by a performance from Malley Drive Elementary’s second-year ballet students.

“The entire event is structured like attendees are going ‘back to school’ — so they’ll be served a sack lunch (but it’s really quite gourmet), and they’ll hear speakers who have been directly impacted by BNC’s community programs,” BNC communications manager Eleni Grove said via e-mail.